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Perfectly Inelastic Collision

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A bullet hits and gets embedded in a solid block resting on a horizontal frictionless table. What is conserved ?

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Momentum and kinetic energy

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Kinetic energy alone

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Momentum alone

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Neither momentum nor kinetic energy

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Solution

The correct option is C
Momentum alone

The collision is perfectly inelastic. Hence only linear momentum is conserved and Kinetic energy is not.

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